“When fascism comes to America it will be wrapped in a flag and carrying a cross, and the New York Times Opinion section will say we are all overreacting.”
The #NYTimes once published an article saying that #Hitler wasn’t really that bad. He was just using #antisemitism as a way to attract followers & keep them excited about his #political campaign.
The NYTimes more recently published an article saying that #Trump isn’t really that bad. He is just using threats of #violence & #authoritarianism as a way to attract followers & keep them excited about his political campaign.
A German foundation has said it will no longer be awarding a prize for political thinking to a leading Russian-American journalist after criticizing as “unacceptable” a recent essay by the writer in which they made a comparison between Gaza and a Jewish ghetto in Nazi-occupied Europe.
The human implications of the climate crisis are stark when bodies start piling up over natural resources. Less apparent is the burden it imposes on day-to-day life, especially those of women.
While South Sudan isn’t in an official war, peace remains dangerously fragile. And it is water—or the lack thereof—that is ominously sowing the seeds of future conflict.
Read this from Ryan Biller who traveled to the region to report.
I just moved to a new instance, so here's a new #introduction
I'm the host of the Grammar Girl #podcast. You may have hit my website searching for something like "semicolons." I love #writing books, #teaching online courses, and I founded the Quick and Dirty Tips podcast network.
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NewsGuard has identified 49 news and information sites that appear to be almost entirely written by artificial intelligence software. A new generation of content farms is on the way.
Right-wingers have torpedoed the hiring of a prominent black journalist to re-boot the journalism program at Texas A&M. Her crime? Too 'woke.'
' “I feel damaged by this entire process,” said [Kathleen] McElroy ... “I’m being judged by race, maybe gender. And I don’t think other folks would face the same bars or challenges....." '
The July/August issue is reaching mailboxes and select newsstands now!
Digital subscribers: Watch your email for your copy, coming later today. Enjoy, and share it with a friend who needs to discover why #TexasNeedsAnObserver!
Earlier this week, I discussed how establishing a commons of tightly-focused local newsrooms would strengthen democracy and provide much-needed support for underserved communities. Enter Press Forward, which is providing half a billion dollars to do just that. https://werd.io/2023/press-forward-brings-much-needed-support-for-local-news
ICYMI, yesterday I wrote about a truly disturbing opinion column by Kathleen Parker for the Washington Post which was far more transphobic than I've seen previously in a mainstream US paper.
Parker suggests that the mere existence of trans people is a danger to children, echoing the eliminationist strain of rhetoric that has been normalized in the Republican party. #trans#journalism#media
I spent over six months getting to know the queens and kings of the city, hanging out backstage and making sure I could center my story on #trans, nonbinary and especially Black performers. It's really a privilege to work at a pub like @TexasObserver, where this kind of #journalism is possible. I hope we can continue to do so for the foreseeable future.
One of the most blatant lies about gender-affirming care for youth also one of the most ubiquitous statements made about it, so I want to be clear:
Affirming a young person's gender identity does not involve sterilizing them. Often, it doesn't involve medical interventions at all. When it does involve medical treatment, most of those treatments do not impact fertility. #trans#transgender#news#journalism
In 2018, We Reported on an Abusive #Cop. He Was Just Sentenced to a Year in #Prison.
Five years after ProPublica and the South Bend Tribune partnered to investigate #police misconduct in Elkhart, #Indiana, reporter Ken Armstrong reflects on the incremental but powerful impact #journalism can have on communities.
We knew this was coming. Conservative media is beginning the push to restrict transition for adults.
In the Washington Free Beacon, a story about an adult who sought cross-sex hormones against her parents wishes is being presented as a scandal of some kind.
The goal is to sell an unprecedented assault on adult freedoms to their base, and the public at large. #trans#journalism#news#medicine
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I'd like to get in touch with a current employee of the #Texas Department of #Agriculture, particularly if you are #trans or otherwise #LGBTQIA+. It's for a story, but you can be anonymous.
Secure email: Make an account at proton.me and email me at kitoswn@proton.me from a personal device/private network, or reach our for my Signal/etc.
I'm proud to announce that today the staff of High Country News magazine have launched a union!
We are calling on HCN leadership for voluntary recognition. You can help support us by sharing on socials, following @hcnunion, and signing our letter of support here: https://hcnunion.org/support/
This weekend, @nytimes made it clear: They're doubling down on the horse race in #2024 election #journalism. A better way than the Biden-vs.-Trump poll preferences as news (I'm declining to link) would have been to use the polls to reflect what people are concerned about and report what #Biden and #Trump have done/ would do to address issues: inform people's choices, instead of predicting. The Times' political coverage is locked in and impervious to criticism or reflection, but should be better.
Pamela Paul exists in a tradition of NYT letting opinion writers mislead their audience in ways their news reporters would never be allowed to. Her shoddy work is a disgrace to journalism as a profession.
That's my opinion, but unlike Paul I've backed it up with meticulous sourcing and citation. #transgender#journalism#LGBTQ
“This is very, very unsettling if you are a journalist ... because they are basically saying you can’t do certain things that are obviously something you would do as a journalist.”
If the media at large does not put on blast this orange goblin's insane call inviting Russia to literally attack NATO allies, then the media has more than failed the American public. They have shown they can no longer function to do their job.
Aichi will become the first prefecture in Japan to recognize sexual minorities and common-law couples and their children as families under a “family ship” oath system that will come into effect on April 1.
Award ceremony suspended after writer compares Gaza to Nazi-era Jewish ghettos (www.theguardian.com)
A German foundation has said it will no longer be awarding a prize for political thinking to a leading Russian-American journalist after criticizing as “unacceptable” a recent essay by the writer in which they made a comparison between Gaza and a Jewish ghetto in Nazi-occupied Europe.